1st Edition

The Arab Uprisings and Malaysia’s Islamist Movements Influence, Impact and Lessons

By Mohd Irwan Syazli Saidin Copyright 2020
188 Pages
by Routledge

188 Pages
by Routledge

188 Pages
by Routledge

This book examines the attitude of Malaysia’s Islamist movements – The Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS); The National Trust Party (AMANAH); The Muslim Youth Movement of Malaysia (ABIM) and the Malaysian Muslim Solidarity Front (ISMA) – towards the Arab Uprisings in the Middle East and North Africa. The book analyses the perceptions of Islamist movement activists, politicians and members in... Read more


List of tables



Preface



List of acronyms and abbreviations



Acknowledgements



Glossary of non-English terms



1 Introduction



2 The development of the Islamist movements in Malaysia



3 Knowledge and perceptions of the Islamist movements in Malaysia towards the Arab Uprisings



4 The influences and impacts of the Arab Uprisings on the Islamist movements in Malaysia



5 Revolution or political stability? Malaysia’s Islamist movements and lessons from the Arab Uprisings



6 Concluding remarks and perspectives



Bibliography



Index

Biography

Mohd Irwan Syazli Saidin is an Honorary Research Fellow at the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, University of Exeter, UK, and a senior lecturer in Middle East Politics in the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia.